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Black Lightning 1

BLACK LIGHTNING #1

Cover Date: April 1977
Cover Price: $0.30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Frank Springer (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "Black Lightning" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTony Isabella
PencilsTrevor Von Eeden
InksFrank Springer
LetteringP. G. Lisa
ColorsLiz Berube
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce; first appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Peter Gambi (first appearance)

Villain(s):

The 100 (first appearance)
Tobias Whale (first appearance; next in issue #3)
Joey Toledo (first appearance)
Manny (first appearance)
Roscoe (first appearance)
other unnamed members (first appearance of all)
Merlyn (last in Action Comics #443)

Other Character(s):

Principal MacNair "Mac" Chapin (first appearance; next in issue #3)
Earl Clifford (a student and basketball player; first appearance; dies)
Julie (a student; first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Garfield High School

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22 (June 1982)
Black Lightning ([April] 2016)

Solicitation:

Ex-Olympic athlete Jefferson Pierce takes a job as a school teacher at an inner city school in Metropolis and takes on the name of Black Lightning!


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Feature: "Lightning Bolts" (1 Pages)


Credits:

Tony Isabella (presumed) (script)
typeset (letters)
Jack C. Harris (edits)


Comment(s):

An article "written by Jimmy Olsen" regarding the death of Earl Clifford and the appearance of Black Lightning.